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Step-by-Step Guide: Azure Active Directory Domain Services resiliency with replica sets

In an Active Directory Environment, we keep additional domain controllers to improve resiliency. In this way, if one domain controller fails it will not make a big impact. We can further improve the resiliency of infrastructure by keeping an additional domain controller and mission-critical servers in a different location. So, in the event of a site failure, we will still have a domain controller…
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Step-by-Step: Enabling MFA for Azure Administrative Portals via Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access

Step-by-Step Guide to Azure AD PIM and Conditional Access Integration (Public Preview)

Active DirectoryMicrosoft Technologies

Step-by-Step Guide to work with Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) (PowerShell Guide)

In one of my previous blog posts I talked about managed service accounts. Before start on this I really recommend you to read it to have better understanding. It can find on http://www.rebeladmin.com/2018/01/active-directory-managed-service-accounts-powershell-guide/ . As I explained in there one managed service account only can use with one computer. But there are operation requirements which…
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Microsoft Entra lifecycle workflows Part 02 - How to synchronize value for employeeHireDate attribute from on-premises Active Directory ?

Step-by-Step Guide : Automate JML(Joiners/Movers/Leavers) process with Microsoft Entra lifecycle workflows

Active DirectoryMicrosoft Technologies

Understanding Group Policy Conflicts

In an organization, there can be many group policies in used. Sometime multiple policies may target same thing. In that case it is important to understand which policy going to win. Group Polices precedence order LSDOU and Group Policy Inheritance decides which policy will win in Active Directory structure. Let’s look in to this further with an example, As per above figure we…
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Microsoft Entra lifecycle workflows Part 02 - How to synchronize value for employeeHireDate attribute from on-premises Active Directory ?

Step-by-Step Guide : Automate JML(Joiners/Movers/Leavers) process with Microsoft Entra lifecycle workflows

Active DirectoryWindows Server

Manage Active Directory Organizational Units (OU) with PowerShell

Similar to any other active directory object, OU structure can manage using Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC), Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) MMC and PowerShell. In this post, I am going to demonstrate how to manage OU structure using PowerShell. New Organization Unit can create using New-ADOrganizationalUnit cmdlet. The complete syntax can review using, Get-Command…
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Mastering Active Directory – 3rd Edition

Step-by-Step Guide: How to sync Custom Active Directory Attributes to Azure AD?